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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Those seeds in your farm contain patented DNA, please pay up.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (7 children)

That's not how that works. You pay when you buy the seeds.

Then there's hybrid vigor. And I think someone figured out how to make seeds that only work for four generations... Can't remember the details.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All hybrid seeds basically only work for one generation, because basic genetics.

Terminator Seedsare about 25 years old now, and aren't actually in use anywhere.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Yup. That's why I said that's not how it works. Because you buy seeds with hybrid vigor.

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